Mount for chromos and other illustrations



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Molini; for`0hromos and Other Illustrations'.

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A. JOSEPH NUHRE, OF OINOINNATT, OHIO.

MOUNT FOR CHROMOS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,244, dated January 4, 1881.

.Application filed April 8, 1880. (No model.)

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

-v Be it known that I, A. JOSEPH NURRE, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in' Mounting Prints, Ohromos, Show-Cards, and Similar Illustrations, of which invention the following is a specification. f

The usual method of mounting chromos, show-cards, 8vo., is to paste or glue them on a piece of canvas attached to a wooden frame termed a stretcherf but this procedure is objectionable for several reasons. In the rst place the stretcher requires considerable lawhen the canvas and mounted chromo con!V tract in drying; secondly, a print or chromo, when thus mounted, is liable to absorb moisture at the back or unvarnished surface, which absorption soon causes the picture to wrinkle or buckle, and thereby lose its attractive appearance; thirdly, according to the old method of mounting, the picture is not supported by any firm backing, and therefore it is liable to have a hole punched'through it if struck by any passing object, fourthly, the stretchers occupy valuable space and add materially to the weight of the packing-box, and thus increase the cost of transportation, to say nothing about the original expense attending the manufacture of such frames. These and other well-known objections incidental to the use of stretchers have induced me to contrive a backing for chromos, prints, Ste., that effectually overcomes all the difficulties attending the mounting of such pictures. This backing, in its more simple form, consists of two thin pieces of wood with their surfaces glued or otherwise permanently fastened together, so that the grain of one piece is about at right angles with the grain of the other piece, which construction affords a cheap, light, firm, and durable support, to which the yrpicture is ce mented in any approved manner, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, showing the two parts of my backing detached from each other. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing these two pieces of'stuff secured together and a chromo mounted thereupon, a portion of the chromo'and of the front piece of backing being broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a more elaborate form of my invention.A

A and B represent, respectively, two thin pieces of stuff, such as ordinarily used as backing for prints, Sto., of which pieces the eX- posed surface of the front one should'be smooth, even, and free from perforations or holes, while the'other surfaces need not beso well linished. Although it is preferred that 'the front veneer, B, should be free from perforations or deep' grooves or other irregularities, yet these precautions need not be observed with reference to the back veneer, A, or to any of the additional pieces of stuff secured to said backing, as it is evident the smoothness and safety ofthe picture are not impaired by any roughness of the rear veneers. Gonsequently the back veneer. or veneers may be made of inferior stuff containing knot-holes or cracks, or other flaws or openings. These two pieces are glued or otherwise permanently attached to each other in such a manner that the grain of the backing A will be about at .right angles with reference to the grain ofthe other backing, B, as seen in Fig. 2. After-being thus attached together, the chromo, print, or card C is glued or cemented to the smooth front surface of the piece B, when the picture is at once ready toreceive the final coat of Vsize and varnish and be packed for transportation.

As the grain of backing A is about at right angles with reference to the grain of the backing B, it is evident that any tendency of the transportation, and prevents a hole being punched through the chromo by contact with a projection of any kind.y

This invention may be modied by the ad- IOO dition ot' another piece ot stu", D, to the back of the one A, and, if preferred, a fourth or lifth piece may be employed for a picture of unusual size.

I am aware it is not new to cnt tracery, scrolls, Ste., through pieces of ven eers, and then attach a number of such perforated veneers together with their grain crossed and apply to the same an ornamental backing, so as to constitute a mat for picture-frames, as such a device is seen in Letters Patent No. 156,788, issued to H. S. Hale, November 10, 1874. Furthermore, I am aware it is not new to manufacture chair-seats, trunk-bodies, plates, and various other articles of a number of pieces ot' veneers with tlieirgrains crossed. Finally, I am aware it is not new to secure together two or more layers ot' thin wood with their grains crossed, and then attach these united veneers to a frame and apply to the exposed surface of this composite structure a suitable ground to paint on, so as to afford a substitute for artists canvas, as such a device is illustrated and described in Letters Patent No. 229,244, issued June 29,1880, to E. F. French.

Such being the state ofthe art, my claim is not designed to cover such composite structures for all kinds of ornamental purposes, but is expressly limited to the construction herein described, whereby any print, chromo, showeard, or other picture is mounted on a veneer, to which latter one or more thin pieces of stu' are secured with their grain crossed, the outer veneer upon which the picture is mounted being free from tracings or scrolls, or any large opening or openings, and the exposed face ot' the picture being protected with a transparent Varnish.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a chromo, print, or show-card permanently secured to a mount7 composed of two or more thin pieces ot' wood attached to each other with their grains crossed, the outer veneer to which the picture is applied being free from tracings or scrolls, or any large opening, and the exposed face ofthe picture being protected with a transparent varnish, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

A. JOSEPH NURRE.

y Vitnesses:

J AMES H. LAYMAN, JEREMIAH F. TWoHIG. 

